Dave, I'm in Dekalb County but am in Gwinnett every week. Brother lives in Auburn, and I fished Bear Creek last week. That said, you're close enough.
Sounds good, I'll PM you my contact information when I get the boat in hand. Should be within the week.
If you plan on framing/decking with rivets,
I'm not sure yet mods I'm going to do, but any framing I do will be with aluminum and I haven't made a decision on the decking. If I keep the boat original or close to it (most likely close with some mods), I'll likely use aluminum decking if I can find it reasonably priced near me. I think there's a scrapyard here in Jefferson and one in Gainesville 30 minutes away.
I'd go for the pneumatic riveter at harbor freight. I think it would be money well spent. I'm on my second hand rivet tool, and won't be surprised if it doesn't last the rest of my build.
That make the choice for me. Now to figure out which one. I've got links below, but have no idea which of the two to get.
I'm fairly certain you'd still want the hand tool as the pneumatic version probably won't get all the areas the hand tool will.
Luckily, I already have one from my previous boat, a Riverhawk B52. I had to remove the rub rail on it to paint it, so I got another one to reinstall it.